Toy



Aug. 28, 1923. 1,466,194

A. w. SCHWARZ TOY Filed Aug. 10 1922 jdgy Patented Aug. 28, 1923.

UNITED STATES ADQLPH W. SCHWARZ, OF ST.v PAUL, lvIINNIElSQTA.

TOY.

Application filed August 10, 1922. Serial No. 580,875. H

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADoLPH W. SoHwARz,

c a citizen of the United States, residing at St.

Paul, in th county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in vToys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys designed for use in connection with flying kites, and has for its principal object to provide improved means, to be used in connection with the kite line, for automatically! detaching an objectwhich is caused to traverse, and is operthe invention consisting in the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings,[ forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pre ferred form of my invention, showing it applied to a kite line.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved detaching device. V

Figure 3 is a front elevation of my improved conveyor for traversing the line.

Figure 4 represents a modified form of a part of the detaching device and v Figure 5 is a perspective view of the released object. 7

In the drawings, 1 designates a string or line, to which is attached thekite 2, which latter may be of any conventional form, the kite being here shown held suspended by the wind blowing in the direction indicated by the arrow. 7

Adapted to roll on the line, is the sheave or roller 3, formed with an appreciablydeep peripheral groove 4. The roller has a central bore 5, wherein is loosely journaled the depending connecting member or hook 6, to the outer extremity of which is suitably connected the windpropelled device 7 The device here shown constitutes a parachute for which latter the hook and its roller function as ballast in its: flight, said parachute consisting of a wind catching or sail member 8, and flexible tie members!) of uniform length attached at intervals to the border of. the sail member, and collectively .to the connecting hook member. 'The con-2 necting member, which is rotatable in the plane of the roller extends beyond the peripheral flanges thereof, and is preferably crimped to form oppositely disposed knees as at 10, which knees loosely receive the roller between them'and tangentially engage with the sides thereof to effect a minimum amount of friction, and thereby'facilitate its free movement. The eye 11, formii'ig the terminal of the connecting member or hook 6, is preferably located centrally of the groove 4. Preferably connected into the line, is the wire support 12, formed at its ends with loops l3 and 13' respectively, the support, as here shown, thus forming apart of the line. Surrounding the support is the conic shell or hollow cone lt, formed with an outwardly flaring rim 14. The apex of the cone is formed with a small opening 15 through which the wire support 12 loose- 1y extends, the conebeing held against re-' moval from the latter by the return wires 13. which form parts of the loops 13' and 13C The wireis connectedinto the line'ina manner'to bring the flaring rim at the base of the cone nearest the kite, and enable the cone to rest longitudinally with the inner side of its surrounding wall, on said wire as to be swingable' laterally thereon.

In operation, the cone is placed a suitable distance from the kite to prevent the released object from colliding therewith. From five to seven feet has proved to be a suitable distance. The kite having reached the desired height, the roller carrying the parachute is placed in the line, when the sail member 8 will catch the wind and the device will rapidly traverse the line until it engages with the cone. As the roller traverses the cone, the depending member 6 will impinge on the side of the cone and -thereby cause it to swing laterally, owing to the tautness of the'tie members 9, due

V the cone positioned Further, other "wind propelled objects may :be substituted for the parachute.

The rim 14' functions as a stop and to further deflect the falling roller as it leaves the cone, to steer it away from the kite, While the cone proper functions as a switch element to guide the roller off the line. The forced change of position of the center of gravity of the cone by the advancing member 6, (Figure 3) causes the weight of the cone to push said member outwardly, thus assisting in switching the roller off the line. Thecone virtually is a continuation of the line from its apex to the rim, and corresponds to a section of line wh'ich gradually increases in diameter from the apex, where it is small enough to enter the grove of the roller, to the rim, where it is several times larger than'the width of the groove, so that the roller travels approximately with the periphery of its flanges along a line Z) asv shown in Figure 4. The book member G and the roller together constitute a hook, the groove of the roller functioning as the aw of the hook, which jaw may be termed a rotary jaw,

I claim: V I

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with the line of a flying kite, of a wind propelled device, .a hook formed with an elongated shank attached to said device and adaptedto hook over said line so that the shank will depend therefrom and travel thereon toward the kite when propelled by said wind propelled device, a hollow cone carried by the line in the path of travel of said hook, the apex thereof directed toward the latter and being of a size to: enter the jaw of the hook, but the base of the cone being larger than said jaw, said cone being constructed to enable the line to be extended loosely through thehollow thereof and to engage with said shank to be swung laterally thereby during travel thereof.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a kite line, of a wind propelled device, a hook formed with an elongated shank attached to said device and adapted to hook loosely over the line to travel thereon when said wind propelleddevice is propelled, a hollow cone having a wire support extending axially longitudinallythrough the hollow thereofto enable the cone to rotate and swing laterally thereon,

the apexof the cone being directed toward said ,hook and being of a size, to enter the jaw of the said hook but the cone being larger than said jaw at the base thereof, and an eye in each end of saidwire support for attaching the guide line and locking said cone against removal therefrom;

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ADOLPI'I'W. SCHWAR'Z. 

